A common misconception is that Agile teams don’t have much time for user experience activities. However, an Agile approach actually can offer more opportunities for UX involvement, no matter how large your organization is.

This course helps Agile and Lean teams understand how to effectively incorporate user-centered design processes and UX best practices into their projects. The course provides practical insight, whether you are running pure Agile, “scrumfall” or something similar.

Unlike other Agile courses taught from the Development perspective, this course is taught by a leading user experience expert.

LENGTH: 1 DayFORMAT: Lecture with group exercises and Q&A

Intended Audience

Scrum masters

Product owners

Product managers

Business analysts

UX & interaction designers

User researchers

Usability specialists

Technical team leads

Project managers

UI developers

Executive management with oversight responsibility

Customizable Highlights

Ins and outs of Agile/Lean and user-centered design principles

Agile/Lean lifecycle and UX activities

Why UX people should love Agile and Lean methods

Waterfall vs. Agile requirements

The challenges of Agile/Lean for UX and UX for Agile/Lean

Design and prototyping for Agile/Lean execution

Conducting user research and user testing in Agile environments

How to make design and research transparent

Breaking down designs in the context of epics and user stories

UX Quality and Acceptance Criteria

How to track and prioritize UX-related backlog items

Natural modes for UX interaction with Agile teams

Communication obstacles with common backlog tools

Agile/Lean UX at enterprise scale

Bringing it all together: release cycle case study

Understand and design for the unique domain-expert user audience

Requirement and UCD pitfalls

Get tips on how to modify UCD methods for complex applications and websites

Business case for using interaction patterns

Learn how to apply and manage interaction patterns in the design process